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打造新式的美国式佳肴

2011-07-14来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Many end up cooking the foods of their childhood - whether it's new immigrants selling their native cuisine or entrepreneurs dipping back into grandmother's recipes.

end up (以…)结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句:He finally ended up his speech.
最后他结束了自己的讲话。

2. Many end up cooking the foods of their childhood - whether it's new immigrants selling their native cuisine or entrepreneurs dipping back into grandmother's recipes.

dip into动用, 把…浸入,稍加研究, 啜尝
例句:The company had to dip into a reserve fund to pay for all the new equipment.
公司不得不动用储备金来支付全部新设备的费用。

3. But Saxton feels like it’s a natural combination, especially given where she comes from.

feel like摸起来像是…; 有…的感觉
例句:She felt like a fool.
她觉得自己好像是个大笨蛋。
come from出生于
She came from a long line of singers.
她出身于一个歌手世家。

4. Historian Jane Ziegelman, who writes about New York street food, says that even in places which don't have multi-ethnic families, street carts have always been a place where people come together and find out what their neighbors eat.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句:I'll find out about planes to New York.
我去打听一下飞纽约的班机。

5. “The sort of foundation product we serve is lefse, this Norwegian potato flatbread, and I grew up eating that every year at Christmastime," says Walhood.

grow up 长大, 成熟
例句:Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。

6. And then it was Jeremy who kind of had the idea to start using it like a tortilla or a crepe, and just stuffing it with all manner of different things.

stuff with吃
例句:She sat stuffing herself with cake.
她坐在那里吃蛋糕。

7. This wrap variety would never be seen in Norway, but Daniels and Walhood believe it appeals to the tastes of people of all backgrounds.

appeal to对…有吸引力
例句:This job rather appeals to me.
这工作对我有吸引力。

8. Others agree that fusing the familiar with the exotic helps people approach cart food.

familiar with熟悉的
例句:Tom is quite familiar with the author.
汤姆很熟悉那位作家。

9. But for customers, it's how the food tastes that keeps them coming back for more.

come back回来
例句:I'm going away and I may never come back.
我要走了, 可能永远不再回来。